Definitions of gage [ɪdʒ]
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1. (n.) gage
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat .
2. gage
Archaic. to pledge, stake, or wager .
3. (n.) Gage
Thomas, 1721–87, British general in America 1763–76.
Definition of 'gage'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane
street names for marijuana
2. (verb) gauge, gage
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
3. (verb) bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
Definition of 'gage'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) gage
a pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security
2. (noun) gage
a glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance
3. (noun) gage
a variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage . See Greengage
4. (noun) gage
to give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge
5. (noun) gage
to bind by pledge, or security; to engage
6. (noun) gage
a measure or standard . See Gauge, n
7. (verb) gage
to measure . See Gauge, v. t
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